Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Crispy Bacon

This Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Crispy Bacon is comfort food at its finest. But we’ve ditched the cream for the smooth sweetness of coconut milk, which pairs perfectly with the crunchy bacon bits sprinkled on top. This is not your average soup recipe!

So apparently I like tomatoes and citrus…a lot! Now, this surprises me because when I think of my favorite foods, neither tomatoes nor citrus come to mind. Sure, I like both just fine but I’m certainly not jumping at the opportunity to eat them. But as it turns out, I like them more than I was aware of.

You see, my dear friend Eseids (who also runs an epic music blog!) is allergic to both tomatoes and citrus and she kindly pointed out to me that just about every single one of my Souper Sunday recipes has involved at least one of both.

In fact, we were out for brunch the other week (on route to a crystal fair…I wish I were kidding) and she told me how excited she was to get an email in her inbox that I’d posted a recipe she could eat! Well, it turns out my Curried Thai Coconut Ramen does in fact have citrus in it…whomp whomp.

Eseids is a good friend. Not just in the sense that she’s been in my life for 18 years, but as a person, she’s just a really good friend. When we were 9 years old I spilled a tub full of questionable ingredients – a “bath” for our pet inflatable glove…seriously!– all over her bed and she didn’t even get mad.

I knew then we’d be friends for life.

But after 18 years of living in different cities, we finally get to call San Francisco both of our homes. Being closer to her has been one of the best parts about moving out here, and moving out here was nowhere near as hard as it could have been because she was here.

So Eseids, this soup recipe is for you! It’s dairy-free, citrus-free and tomato-free, but not free of love. Think of this as a modern-day mixed tape (I used to make her mixed tapes for her birthday) or something that hasn’t ever graced the kitchen of the summer camp where we both met cause they sure as hell were not serving non-kosher bacon at our very Jewish camp.

Thank you for everything you’ve done for me (you know the list could go on forever!) and I hope this soup makes up for a fraction of it. If not, I’ll come ride with you at SoulCycle this week. Love you!

This recipe looks sooooo good, Davida! I hope you are getting settled into your new home. I’m only a few hours south of you so we should totally meet up someday. California is awesome, I love living here. BTW, I’ve listened to every one of your podcast episodes and LOVE all of them! It’s really cool to hear your voice. Anyway, I Included you in my round-up of Best Health Podcasts for Women too! XOXOXO. http://bit.ly/2mE53ZrCarrie recently posted…Best Health Podcasts for Women

Sue

March 14, 2017 at 4:04 pm

I have this soup simmering right now. Can’t wait to have some!!
If I could dedicate a recipe it would be to my Mom. She made the
most wonderful meals and baked goods!! She still does! 🙂
Thanks for this recipe!!